Chapter Thirteen: Quidditch Practice
The next day Jo woke up late. "What the? I thought I set my alarm!" She scrambled out of bed and got dressed. She ran down the stairs and out of her dorm "Hey Jess, Bye Jess." Jo said in her hurry. "I bet it was that Cho girl." Jo thought as she ran faster down the hall. "Where am I supposed to go any way? I'm so confused."
"Hey Jo, why the worried look?" asked her older brother as he walked down the hall.
"I'm late for practice and I have not earthly idea were I'm supposed to go!" Jo said frantically.
Harry laughed. "Follow me, we aren't far, I'll explain what happened to Diggory."
Harry led Jo to the Quidditch field. "Hey Diggory. Sorry Jo's late, I forgot to set my alarm to walk her down here and she couldn't get into he Gryffindor dorm to wake me up." Harry lied.
Jo smiled at her brother "Thanks Harry." she mouthed. "Sorry Cedric."
"It's alright, get your broom and warm up, are you flying with us today Harry?"
Harry laughed a little. "No, I am meeting Ron and Hermione at the library soon, so I have to head back."
"All right, see ya later then. Get in the air Potter, everyone else is already warmed up." Cedric said flying into the air.
Jo shot Harry a nervous look. "You're leaving me?"
"Yeah. You'll do fine, you have Seeker blood. Later." Harry jogged off the field and back into the castle.
"Uh-oh, here she comes." Cedric muttered as Cho Chang marched onto the field.
"Cedric Diggory! How dare you reset my alarm! Who do you think you are?!" Cho yelled into the air.
Cedric smiled slightly at his prank but quickly cleared the smile away as Cho flew up across from him. "I didn't reset your alarm Cho, why would I do something so evil as that? Get on your broom and do your three laps, hurry up now."
"Because you are an immature jerk." Cho replied.
"Why thank you!" Cedric said in mock sweetness.
Jo nodded up at Cedric. She looked down at the Fire Bolt that Harry had bought her for her birthday. Just as Madam Hooch had instructed at flying lessons, Jo said 'Up' and the broom flew right into her hand. She mounted it and zoomed up into the air. "Man it feels so good to be flying again!" Jo thought happily as she zoomed around the Quidditch stadium for her 3 laps.
"Great what do you want Pinkie?" Jo asked as Cho Change blocked her way from finishing her laps.
"Look Cedric maybe our captain but he's still my boyfriend. I don't want to catch you staring at him at practices or in the hall got it?" Cho said following Jo's every move.
"Whatever Pinkie now move out of my way!" Try as she might Jo could not get around Cho Chang. "Look get out of my way or you'll get a surprise in your goblet to night at dinner that'll leave you let just say a little out of it, if you know what I mean, Pinkie."
"OK, no I don't know what you mean. You better stay away from Cedric, Potter, or you might be missing a head, you know what I mean?" Cho retorted. "Lay off him, got it?" Cho circled her broom around and flew back into the middle of the field.
Jo cursed under her breath again and finished her laps. She flew up next to Cedric. "Hey your girlfriend is threatening to behead me."
Cedric laughed. "She does that to a lot of people. But don't give it a second thought, Cho is weaker than a termite."
"Ok, so are you gonna introduce me to the team?" Jo asked looking around at the other Ravenclaws. "I don't think they like that a Slytherin is on their team though..."
"Hey guys! This is Jo Potter! Our new Seeker!" Cedric shouted to the other team members. All the players spun around to look at Jo. "Well, they are giving you a better look than they did Cho." Cedric muttered to Jo.
Jo smiled at them. "Hey guys what's up?"
"A Slytherin?" One of the beaters asked surprised.
"I knew this was going to happen." Cedric muttered. He glanced over his shoulder to see Cho Chang landing to take a drink from her water bottle. "Look, she may be a Slytherin, but she is a whole lot better than Chang."
"Than she is certainly welcome to the team." A chaser girl said. The other teammates agreed.
Jo looked over the team and nodded in approval.
She glanced down at Cho Chang and blinked. "Hey Cedric, what's that in Cho's hand? Looks like something gold."
"Oh, that's probably the snitch, you do know what a snitch is right?"
"Yeah I caught the haywire one. That's how I got put on your team." Jo said with a 'duh' tone.
"Oh yeah...I remember now..." Cedric said. "You nearly fell off your broom and almost ran into my window trying to catch it, but you did indeed catch it."
Jo blushed. "You...Uh...Saw the out-of-control part?"
Cedric laughed "Yeah, but the way you caught the snitch...and the way you almost fell off your broom, was a technique I planned to teach Chang, but I started thinking she wouldn't be able to complete it without breaking a nail. But with a little training you could be able to do the technique...without crashing into my window or fall 20 feet."
"Y--y--your window?"
"Yes, my window, or any other window. Could be worse, Harry almost ran into Professor McGonagall's window." Cedric said with a smile.
The next day Jo woke up late. "What the? I thought I set my alarm!" She scrambled out of bed and got dressed. She ran down the stairs and out of her dorm "Hey Jess, Bye Jess." Jo said in her hurry. "I bet it was that Cho girl." Jo thought as she ran faster down the hall. "Where am I supposed to go any way? I'm so confused."
"Hey Jo, why the worried look?" asked her older brother as he walked down the hall.
"I'm late for practice and I have not earthly idea were I'm supposed to go!" Jo said frantically.
Harry laughed. "Follow me, we aren't far, I'll explain what happened to Diggory."
Harry led Jo to the Quidditch field. "Hey Diggory. Sorry Jo's late, I forgot to set my alarm to walk her down here and she couldn't get into he Gryffindor dorm to wake me up." Harry lied.
Jo smiled at her brother "Thanks Harry." she mouthed. "Sorry Cedric."
"It's alright, get your broom and warm up, are you flying with us today Harry?"
Harry laughed a little. "No, I am meeting Ron and Hermione at the library soon, so I have to head back."
"All right, see ya later then. Get in the air Potter, everyone else is already warmed up." Cedric said flying into the air.
Jo shot Harry a nervous look. "You're leaving me?"
"Yeah. You'll do fine, you have Seeker blood. Later." Harry jogged off the field and back into the castle.
"Uh-oh, here she comes." Cedric muttered as Cho Chang marched onto the field.
"Cedric Diggory! How dare you reset my alarm! Who do you think you are?!" Cho yelled into the air.
Cedric smiled slightly at his prank but quickly cleared the smile away as Cho flew up across from him. "I didn't reset your alarm Cho, why would I do something so evil as that? Get on your broom and do your three laps, hurry up now."
"Because you are an immature jerk." Cho replied.
"Why thank you!" Cedric said in mock sweetness.
Jo nodded up at Cedric. She looked down at the Fire Bolt that Harry had bought her for her birthday. Just as Madam Hooch had instructed at flying lessons, Jo said 'Up' and the broom flew right into her hand. She mounted it and zoomed up into the air. "Man it feels so good to be flying again!" Jo thought happily as she zoomed around the Quidditch stadium for her 3 laps.
"Great what do you want Pinkie?" Jo asked as Cho Change blocked her way from finishing her laps.
"Look Cedric maybe our captain but he's still my boyfriend. I don't want to catch you staring at him at practices or in the hall got it?" Cho said following Jo's every move.
"Whatever Pinkie now move out of my way!" Try as she might Jo could not get around Cho Chang. "Look get out of my way or you'll get a surprise in your goblet to night at dinner that'll leave you let just say a little out of it, if you know what I mean, Pinkie."
"OK, no I don't know what you mean. You better stay away from Cedric, Potter, or you might be missing a head, you know what I mean?" Cho retorted. "Lay off him, got it?" Cho circled her broom around and flew back into the middle of the field.
Jo cursed under her breath again and finished her laps. She flew up next to Cedric. "Hey your girlfriend is threatening to behead me."
Cedric laughed. "She does that to a lot of people. But don't give it a second thought, Cho is weaker than a termite."
"Ok, so are you gonna introduce me to the team?" Jo asked looking around at the other Ravenclaws. "I don't think they like that a Slytherin is on their team though..."
"Hey guys! This is Jo Potter! Our new Seeker!" Cedric shouted to the other team members. All the players spun around to look at Jo. "Well, they are giving you a better look than they did Cho." Cedric muttered to Jo.
Jo smiled at them. "Hey guys what's up?"
"A Slytherin?" One of the beaters asked surprised.
"I knew this was going to happen." Cedric muttered. He glanced over his shoulder to see Cho Chang landing to take a drink from her water bottle. "Look, she may be a Slytherin, but she is a whole lot better than Chang."
"Than she is certainly welcome to the team." A chaser girl said. The other teammates agreed.
Jo looked over the team and nodded in approval.
She glanced down at Cho Chang and blinked. "Hey Cedric, what's that in Cho's hand? Looks like something gold."
"Oh, that's probably the snitch, you do know what a snitch is right?"
"Yeah I caught the haywire one. That's how I got put on your team." Jo said with a 'duh' tone.
"Oh yeah...I remember now..." Cedric said. "You nearly fell off your broom and almost ran into my window trying to catch it, but you did indeed catch it."
Jo blushed. "You...Uh...Saw the out-of-control part?"
Cedric laughed "Yeah, but the way you caught the snitch...and the way you almost fell off your broom, was a technique I planned to teach Chang, but I started thinking she wouldn't be able to complete it without breaking a nail. But with a little training you could be able to do the technique...without crashing into my window or fall 20 feet."
"Y--y--your window?"
"Yes, my window, or any other window. Could be worse, Harry almost ran into Professor McGonagall's window." Cedric said with a smile.